Lamb or calf feeder.



No.723',195. PATENTBD MAR. 17, 1903.

- J. H. URAMER.

LAMB 0R CALF'EEDBR.

APPLIOATION FILED Dnc. 1a, 1902.

'N0 MODEL nwmtaz UNITED STATESN ATENT FFICE.

JENNIE H. CRAMER, OF UPPER SANDUSKY, OHIO.

LAMB OR CALF- FEEDER.

`SPECIFIGAIIIION forming part of Letters `Patent N o. 723,195, dated March 17, 1903.

A `Applimttion tiled December 13, 1902. Serial No. 135,067.l (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J ENNIE H. CRAMER, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Upt which will be lightand portable, so that it can be easily carried from place to place and left where it is desired to feed the young lambs-as,for instance, at any point in a barn,

at night during cold weather,where the young lambs are kept.

`My purpose is to provide a lamb-feeder adapted to be filled with warm milk, which,-

owing to its peculiar construction, will be adapted to the feeding of a number of lambs at the same time without their interfering with each other and to make 4provision for the complete draining of the receptacle containing the milk by the lambs, and thus to obviate a serious objection incident to lambfeeders as heretofore constructed. Heretolayer or film of milk in the bottom of the rej ceptacle which the lambs cannot obtain.

To accomplish the foregoing objects, I provide a portable receptacle or vessel which may be provided with ahandle, if desired, and which can be set down at any desired place, and tubes which extend into the receptacle and upwardly and outwardly.. therefrom at different points andare provided with nipples, such tubes having their suction ends disposed just a trii'le above the bottom of the receptacle or vessel, as will appear more fully hereinafter.-

The novel features o f the invention will be recited in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure is a perspective View; Fig. 2, a plan View with the cover removed; Fig. 3, a detail of the upper end of one of the tubes with the nipple shown 'i I removed, and Fig. 4 a detail view showing, the

suction end of one of the tubes.

i The numeral l represents a receptacle which can be of any desired size and provided with a iiared bottom, if desired. By preference it is provided with a handle 2, so that it can be conveniently carried from place to place. The bottom 3 of the receptacle is by preference dat.

The numerals 4 designate a plurality of suction-tubes which extend through the sides of the receptacle and are open at their lower ends 5, which terminate just a trifle above the bottom 3 of the receptacle, with their margins 6 substantially parallel to said bottom. The tubes extend upwardly and outwardly, preferably diverging, as shown, and at their upper ends are providedwith the removable rubber nipples 7. As many of the tubes can be employed as found desirable, and it will be seen that provision is thus made for carrying the feeder' to any point where needed and setting it down to permit a number of lambs to draw off the milk simultaneously. Leakage cannot occur, as in those forms of lamb-feeders where the point of feeding by the lambs is below the level of the iiuid, and there is no fluid-pressure on the nipples. The peculiar disposition of the lower or suction ends of the tubes just above the bottom of the receptacle insures practically a perfect drawing off of all the milk. The nipples can be removed at any time to Y permit flushing or cleansing of the tubes and receptacle.

could be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention, and I lay claim to all modifications falling withinthe scope of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A lamb-feeder comprising a receptacle, and a plurality of upwardly and outwardly extending suction-tubes for drawing o the fluid from the receptacle having suctionmouths at their lower ends and their upper ends projecting freely for use.

2. A lamb-feeder comprising a receptacle, and a plurality of upwardly-extending diverging suction-tubes for drawing off the contents XI am aware that changes of construction IOO of the receptacle having suction-mouths at ltheir lower ends and their upper ends projecting freely for use.

8. A lamb-feeder comprising a receptacle, and an upwardly-extendingsuction-tube 00nnected to the side of the receptacle and having a suction-mouth located substantially at the level of the bottom of the receptacle.

4. A lamb-feeder comprising a receptacle, and a suction-tube extending through the side of the receptacle and having a suctionmouth Whose margin is located immediately above the bottom of the receptacle and substantially parallel thereto.

5. A lamb-feeder comprising a receptacle, and an inclined upwardly-extending suctiontube let through the side of the receptacle and provided with a suction-mouth located immediately above the bottom of the receptacle said tube having an upper end projecting freely for use.

6. A lamb-feeder comprising a receptacle adapted to be set directly on the ground, and a plurality of upwardly and outwardly extending suction-tubes let through the sides of the receptacle near the bottom thereof and having at their lower ends suction-months located immediately over the bottom of the receptacle and provided with freely-projecting nipples in their upper ends.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aX my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

J ENNIE H. CRAMER.

Witnesses:

OHAs. SLEMMER, THos. B. ROGERS. 

